Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients with HCC
Characteristic | No. of Patient/Mean |
|---|---|
No. of patients | 29 |
Age (y) | 59.2 ± 11.6 |
Sex (male/female) | 26/3 |
Etiology | |
 Hepatitis B | 27 (93.1 %) |
 Hepatitis C | 1 (3.4 %) |
ECOG performance status (0/1/2/3/4) | 21/7/1/0/0 |
 Status 0 | 21 (72.4 %) |
 Status 1 | 7 (24.1 %) |
 Status 2 | 1 (3.5 %) |
Child-Pugh class (A/B/C) | 26/3/0 |
 A | 26 |
 B | 3 |
AFP (ng/ml) | |
  < 10 | 5 (17.2 %) |
 10-400 | 15 (51.7 %) |
  > 400 | 9 (31.0 %) |
Prior hepatic resection | |
 Yes | 7 (24.1 %) |
 No | 22 (75.9 %) |
Index tumor numbers (per patient) | 3.22 ± 2.20 (1–5) |
Size mean + sd (range, in mm) | 28.1 ± 24.4 (10.0-136.3) |
Tumor pattern | |
 Unifocal | 12 |
 Multifocal | 39 |
Tumor location | |
 Caudal lobe | 1 |
 Left lobe | 14 |
 Right lobe | 35 |
 Border | 1 |